Project Manager
Leuven
Achieved: - doubled our student consulting participants applications compared to 2019-2020.- Increased the net income of the project department by 30 % compared to 2019-2020.- increased the amount of projects by 25% compared to 2019-2020.Job: - Worked together with external relations to create challenging consulting projects for companies and students.- Worked together with marketing to create the perfect communication mix to attract participants.- Recruited students with HR and project developers to compose student consultant teams.- Organised workshops with top consulting firms to get individual project support.- Managed a team of 7 project developers who are in charge of consulting projects.- Managed a total of 16 consulting projects in the academic year of 2020-2021.- Created an online internship platform with the IT team for Students@Startups internships.- Made strategic decisions about the consulting projects and students@startups.- Mentored the project managers from Brussels and Ghent to manage their first consultancy projects.- Brought new ideas to the table: an entrepreneurship weekend & starterpackProjects semester 1: FedEx, KBC, Comsof, Lemon Companies, Datacamp, Purbright, IPBuilding, Sterigenics.Projects semester 2: KBC, Airproducts, Mediahuis, Bleckmann, Ethias, Oh'Green, TC3Project support by BCG, Sia Partners, Brightwolves, Roland Berger, Kearney and Papillium.https://www.academicsforcompanies.be/afc-leuven/projectshttps://www.academicsforcompanies.be/afc-leuven/studentsatstartupsAcademics for Companies is the largest consulting junior enterprise in Belgium. AFC’s mission is to foster student entrepreneurship and to let students develop their skills as a preparation for the professional world.